Paper Title
Production and Extraction of Phytotoxins from Phoma Herbarum FC#14 Effective against Echinochola Colana and Cyperus Iria

Abstract
Recent trends in environmental awareness concerning the side effects of herbicides and development of weeds resistant by the application of herbicides demands new alternate to cope with the problem since economic losses generated by weeds can be higher than caused by other pests. Fungi are well recognized for their biologically active metabolites including herbicides. Therefore screening for fungal products with herbicidal activity has been one of the most management researches. Bioherbicides offer an innovative approach to the management of weeds using formulated fungal phytopathogen. The aim of this work was to study the herbicidal potential of Cell free culture filtrate of Phoma herbarum FC#14 against Echinochloa colona and Cyperus iria by employing different bioassays i.e. seed germination, shoot-cut and whole plant. Phoma herbarum FC#14 found the most infectious fungus against host and induce maximum phytotoxic damage. Keywords - Bioherbicide; Echinochloa colana; Cyperus iria, Phoma herbarum, Cell Free Culture Filtrate (CFCF)